Monthly Archives: May 2014

Sat 3rd May 2014
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Guest Post: An Insider’s Guide to .Wiki Landrush - This is a Guest Post written by Andrew Merriam who is the Business Development Coordinator for Top Level Design LLC, the new TLD registry for .wiki, .ink, and an applicant for an additional 7 TLDs. Andrew has been involved in Top Level Design’s applications from their start and has a background working with CEO Raymond King on a separate project, ICANNWiki, where he first entered the world of domain names, TLD expansion, and wikis. Here is the post which appears unedited: There are a LOT of names ... read more ...
 
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The Snapchat of web addresses: Meet the domains that aren’t meant to last - Your marriage may last forever, but the website you register to announce it to the world won’t. A new top-level domain (TLD)—the last bit of a web address, like the .com in qz.com—is bringing a Snapchat mentality to the fusty world of domain names. By making it very expensive for users to hold on to their websites after a certain period of time, these sites are effectively built to self-destruct—or at least move on. Domain names are usually sold on the assumption that owners ... read more ...
 
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Fear of commitment The Snapchat of web addresses: Meet the domains that … - Your marriage may last forever, but the website you register to announce it to the world won’t. A new top-level domain (TLD)—the last bit of a web address, like the .com in qz.com—is bringing a Snapchat mentality to the fusty world of domain names. By making it very expensive for users to hold on to their websites after a certain period of time, these sites are effectively built to self-destruct—or at least move on. Domain names are usually sold on the assumption that owners ... read more ...
Fri 2nd May 2014
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Why brands will win from new gTLDs - Researching our cover story (subscription or trial required) on how to protect trade marks in the new gTLDs, I spoke to few brand owners who were enthusiastic about Icann's new gTLD programme. As Sarah Deutsch of Verizon (who is chairing a session on new gTLDs at the INTA Annual Meeting this month) put it: "If people are registering at all, they're doing so defensively." Even with the new tools available to protect trade marks - such as the Trademark ... read more ...
 
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Rules for Choosing a Domain Name - Printer,Publisher Editor In Chief : Syed Rafi-u-Din Bukhari Editor: Shujaat Bukhari Feedback: editor@risingkashmir.com Managing Editor: Hafiz Ayaz Gani ( ayaz@risingkashmir.com ) Manager (Administration Marketing): Umar Khan(advt@risingkashmir.com, ) Phone No: 91-9858985812, 91-7298729808 RNI No: JKENG/2007/20786 Published from : KASHMIR:Flat No. 7, Press Enclave Residency Road Srinagar - 190001 JAMMU:3rd Floor Auqaf Building, Residency Road Jammu 180001 DELHI-NCR : PPA-163.DLF Park Place DLF Phase ... read more ...
 
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Publicly Held eHealth Purchases Medicare.com For $4.8 Million - eHealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: EHTH) announced they acquired the Medicare.com for $4.8 Million Dollars in the first Quarter of 2014. Although Medicare.com wasn’t just a simple domain name its pretty clear from the conference call the company bought Medicare.com just for the domain. During the earnings call, there was some interesting clarifications: Tobey Sommer of SunTrust asked this question during the earnings call: “”How is eHealth ranking in search for Medicare now and what would you expect the ... read more ...
 
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Dnpric.es: Average Reported Domain Sale Soars Back To 2010 Levels After Declining For 3 Years - According to stats release by Dnpric.es today, “After falling for three years in a row, the average price of reported domain sales soared back to 2010 levels” Here are the last eight years of reported sales according to Dnpric.es:   So as you can see according to the stats the Average sale price of reported domain sales fell in 2011, 2012 and 2013 from the previous year. 2014 so far,  marks a substantial increase.  Of course this year is only 1/3 over and but so far the numbers are promising. Google+Michael ... read more ...
 
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Namejet.com To Auction Of Premium .Buzz Domains - NameJet just opened bidding on “35 premium .Buzz domain names. “One of the first pure generic strings to be launched, .BUZZ is short, edgy, fun, and globally recognized. “ “The term “buzz” typically refers to what people are talking about. This premium domain list represents some of the hottest topics being discussed on the web.  Reserve yours today! “” All the domains appear to in auction at no reserve with the normal $69 Namejet.com starting bid. Here is the list: aircraft.buzz artist.buzz aviation.buzz biking.buzz boating.buzz celebrity.buzz domain.buzz election.buzz employment.buzz famous.buzz festival.buzz gadget.buzz gamer.buzz gaming.buzz girl.buzz investing.buzz laptop.buzz miamibeach.buzz mobilephone.buzz neighborhood.buzz nightclub.buzz onlineshopping.buzz parenting.buzz psychology.buzz research.buzz resort.buzz scifi.buzz single.buzz smartphone.buzz snowboarding.buzz stockmarket.buzz surfer.buzz tourism.buzz washingtondc.buzz wrestling.buzz     Google+Michael ... read more ...
 
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NewsRepublic.com Saved In UDRP As Complainant Doesn’t Even Allege Bad Faith - Mobile’s Republic (MR) of Bordeaux France, just lost its attempt to grab the domain name NewsRepublic.com in a UDRP The domain holder was represented by ESQwire.com MR was represented by in-house council. The domain holder offered to sell the domain for $45,000 to MR who then filed this UDRP. The domain was purchased by the domain holder on October 3, 2012 from a third party, and domain name was going to a parked page as it was by the previous owner Basically the three member panel found that News ... read more ...
 
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Brand new domain names are coming: pre-register now for your .LONDON website - The internet is growing fast, and it's almost impossible to get your choice of domain name let alone one with a .com ending.That's all changing with over 700 new top-level domain names such as .london, .bike and .wedding. See also: New domain names are launching - don't miss out. If you want your business to stand out and compete you need not only a great website but also a memorable - and preferably short - domain name. There are around 110 million .com websites registered, which ... read more ...
 
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Exploring A Brave New World Of Domain Names, With Rightside - It's a brave new world in the domain name marketplace, with a lot of changes due to the sudden proliferation of new, top level domains (gTLDs). To get some insight into how those names are changing--we caught up with Steve Banfield, SVP and GM of Registrar Services over at Rightside (www.rightside.co) -- which is in the midst of spinning out from Santa Monica-based Demand Media. Steve gave us some insight into that split, and how Rightside is focusing on the new world of gTLDs. (Editor's note: ... read more ...
 
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Takeaways from ICANN 49 in Singapore - As you may know, the most recent public Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) meeting concluded at the end of March in Singapore. Our new gTLD (generic top-level domain) team has closely examined developments at the meeting and carefully distilled several hot topics and takeaways at a high level. In advance of ICANN 49, we predicted major developments in several areas, including: ongoing refinements to Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) safeguard advice; ... read more ...
 
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Brand owners share their gTLD strategies - 28 April 2014 New gTLDs are a reality: the names of leading brands can be bought on new domains now for as little as $15. So how should brand owners protect themselves, while keeping costs down? James Nurton provides a step-by-step ... read more ...
 
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Donuts To Exceed 100 New gTLDs With May Launches - More Related Stories email article print page <![CDATA[ ]]> .UNIVERSITY, .VACATIONS, .FLIGHTS, .CRUISES, .PICTURES and .MEDIA among those slated for launch in May May 01, 2014 -- BELLEVUE, Wash., May 1, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --Donuts Inc., the world's largest registry for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs), continues its expansion of the Internet's global addressing system in May by making ... read more ...
 
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Medicare.com domain name sells for $4.8 million - A huge domain name sale: Medicare.com sells for $4.8 million. eHealthInsurance Services, Inc. has acquired the domain name Medicare.com for $4.8 million. On the company’s investor conference call yesterday the company said it paid $4.5 million in cash for the domain and forgave $0.3 million in receivables from the seller. The seller was apparently an existing business partner with eHealth. Although the whois record for Medicare.com has used whois privacy for a long ... read more ...
 
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Web.com paid $7.4 million for SnapNames - Web.com paid $7.4 million for SnapNames and hopes for a revenue contribution of $5 million this year. Web.com paid $7.4 million cash to acquire SnapNames from KeyDrive, the company revealed on its investor conference call yesterday. The company described it as a “small tuck-in acquisition” at a financially attractive price. Web.com expects SnapNames to generate about $5 million in revenue for its period of ownership in 2014. The acquisition became public on March ... read more ...
 
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.CEO: How not to marketplace your new tip turn domain name - .CEO marketing is not well executed. I’ve written before that .ceo as a standalone domain name doesn’t make sense to me. I see some potential for a network for CEOs, and the company behind .ceo has plenty of experience with social networking. But that wouldn’t be about a domain, it would be about a network. dotCEO sent out an update on its first 30 days yesterday. It doesn’t look good and has me scratching my head even more. It seems .ceo is dropping the ball ... read more ...
 
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Expired domains: head, shoulder, knees and toes - Some ship has sunk; and as the cargo it carried sinks below the surface, domain resellers pick over its contents like fish seeking edible morsels from among the debris. The vessel’s captain may not know this goes on, having given up for lost whatever was in his ship’s hold. But we know. And we know too that the flavor of the sinking scraps will vary day to day, depending on who is throwing excess baggage overboard or who has sprung a leak. Often, whether a conscious ... read more ...
Thu 1st May 2014
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NIRA registers 16, 981 new domain names, renews 7, 571 - The administrator of the Nigeria’s .ng country code Top Level Domain, ccTLD, the Nigeria Internet Registration Association said it registered additional 16, 981 domain names in 2013 while another 7, 571 were renewed during the year. This was disclosed by the President, NIRA, Mrs. Mary Uduma, during the 6th Annual General Meeting, AGM, of the association in Lagos this week. NIRA is the manager and the non-governmental self-regulatory body for the .ng ccTLD and its associated sub level domain ... read more ...
 
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Dot.CEO Puts Out Some Stats – $170,000 in Retail Revenue – 1023 Registrations - The people behind Dot.Ceo put out some stats to show how things are going so far. They claim $170,000 in retail revenue.         Hot dotCEO Domains Sold ... read more ...
 
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Donuts continues Internet land grab, launching .fail, .toys, .WTF and other domains - Want to register tech.expert? It could be available for purchase on May 7. Donuts, the Bellevue-based domain name registrar, is continuing the rapid expansion of its portfolio of new top-level domains (TLDs) this month by making 13 new swaths of web property available to interested buyers, including .expert, .foundation, .cruises and .condos. In addition to that, trademark holders will be able to pre-register 11 new domains, including .wtf and .pictures with the company. Those upcoming ... read more ...
 
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Marchex Reports & Archeo Sells $1.9 Million In Domains In 1st Quarter of 2014 - Marchex, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCHX), today announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2014. Shares of Marchex traded up over 5% during regular trading today up $.47 and is up another $.65 in after hours trading to $10.37 Shares of Marchex closed yesterday at $9.25, so its up over $1 today. Q1 2014 Financial Highlights GAAP revenue was $50.5 million for the first quarter of 2014, compared to $34.7 million for the first quarter of 2013. Non-GAAP revenue2, which excludes domain sales ... read more ...
 
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New Travel-Themed Domains Rolling Out - Generic top-level domain (gTLDs) registry Donuts is showing no signs of slowing down its efforts to expand the Internet's global address system. After launching its first wave of new domains earlier this year, the company on Thursday announced plans to make 13 new gTLDs available to the general public this month, including .cruises, .flights, and .vacations. With the new additions, Donuts is on track to exceed 100 gTLDs by the end of the month. Other domains slated for general availability this ... read more ...
 
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April 29: updated status of sunrise periods and trademark claims notification … - As we previously reported to you (click here to view April 29, 2013 TLD article), the internet is expanding to include hundreds of new top-level-domains (TLDs) (examples of TLDs as we know them today include .com, .net. and .org – i.e., the term that is to the right of the "dot"). While the only certainty at that time was that the launch was inevitable, like it or not, it's finally here (click here to view January 9, 2014 Sunrise article). Frost Brown Todd will be sending out ... read more ...